Expert: Despite Rise in LNG Imports, Alaska Gas Pipeline Remains Viable
Posted on Sep 7, 2007 in Markets and Competition, Pipelines | Comments Off on Expert: Despite Rise in LNG Imports, Alaska Gas Pipeline Remains Viable
Economist Mark Finley told the Anchorage Daily News that despite the numerous LNG import terminals under development in North America, a gas pipeline linking untapped gas fields in northern Alaska remains economically viable. Finley said that Alaskan gas supplies face competition from an increasingly-global LNG market as well as coal and alternative energy...
Canaport LNG Terminal to Include Third Storage Tank
Posted on Sep 7, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Storage | Comments Off on Canaport LNG Terminal to Include Third Storage Tank
Canaport LNG announced yesterday that it would build a third storage tank at its facility currently under construction near St. John, New Brunswick. Construction of a third tank was contemplated under the original regulatory approval for the project, therefore Canaport does not need to seek additional government approvals. The Amherst Daily News reports that the additional storage tank...
Canadian Municipal Leaders Meet in St. Andrews, Learn About LNG Debate
Posted on Sep 7, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Canadian Municipal Leaders Meet in St. Andrews, Learn About LNG Debate
Municipal leaders from across Canada meeting in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, this week have taken notice of the local debate surrounding the LNG terminals proposed for Passamaquoddy Bay. Gord Steeves, president of the national board of directors for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, said that conference attendees have spent much of their free time discussing the LNG terminal...
Sempra Energy Moves Forward on North American LNG Projects
Posted on Sep 6, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Sempra Energy Moves Forward on North American LNG Projects
Forbes offers an analysis of Sempra Energy’s rapid rise in the North American LNG market, noting that the company has received regulatory approval to build three terminals in North America. The first terminal to be completed, Costa Azul LNG off the coast of Baja California will deliver approximately 500 MMcf/d of natural gas to the California market via the North Baja gas...
Repsol Sole Bidder to Supply Mexican LNG Import Facility
Posted on Sep 6, 2007 in Canada & Mexico, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Repsol Sole Bidder to Supply Mexican LNG Import Facility
Oil Daily (carried via Energy Intelligence [subscription required]) reports that Spanish company Repsol YPF was the sole bidder to supply LNG to the Manzanillo LNG project on Mexico’s Pacific Coast. Repsol will begin supplying 90 MMcf/d in 2011 with planned volumes to reach 500 MMcf/d in 2015. Repsol will obtain these supplies from its share of Peru’s Camisea...